Fifth Column Scare Proves Defense Value
A national alert over fifth column plots prompted wide precautions including guards atop west coast air factories and at naval yards. Police patrolled coasts, ports, and defense plants from New York to Detroit with 23 Philadelphia Navy yard workers suspended.
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Washington
U.P
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Forts
Custer
Brady
Michigan
Dix
New Jersey
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Iowa
Missouri
North Carolina
New York
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Wilmington
N. C
Tampa
Fla
Coast Guard
Detroit
San Francisco
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Fort Worth
Amphitheatre Honors Kellner Best All Round Boy at Assembly
Alex Kellner named best all around boy at Amphitheatre senior high school honor assembly. He is a star baseball pitcher who recently joined the Tucson Cowboys with one win and one loss in two starts. Ann Lee Rogers won best all round girl, Grace Nelson earned valedictorian with Readers Digest subscription, and several cadet corps commissions and scholarships were announced.
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Alex Kellner
Kellner
Tucson Cowboys
Ann Lee Rogers
Grace Nelson
United States
Arizona Cadet Corps
John Mohr
Herman Huser
Rowland Guidry
Lyle Prestons
Stanley den Adel
Ruth Anderson
Alice Clawson
Hazel Erickson
Judy Matlock
Leslie Acton
Trudeau Penny
Evelyn Holaway
Bermuda Restricts X Ray Equipment Shipments
Bermuda requires a government permit to export or ship X ray apparatus, halting outbound transfers until approval is granted. The policy affects suppliers and clinics seeking to move imaging gear from the island, with compliance delays and licensing processes in place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bermuda
Sir Hugh Walpole Suffers Severe Heart Attack
Sir Hugh Walpole, 57, novelist, has a severe heart attack at his Manesty Cumberland home. Condition improved slightly this morning.
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Hugh Walpole
London
U.P
Sir Hugh Walpole
Manesty
Cumberland
Defense Bonds Sales Exceed 500 Million Forecast
Treasury officials projected defense savings bond sales would top 500 million dollars in May, sending the national debt toward 48.5 billion. In 24 days, receipts reached 347.861 million, with the final week expected to bring in the heaviest subscriptions as trust fund managers waited for month start benefits. Major firms like American Telephone and Telegraph and General Electric, plus Federal Reserve Board, began payroll deduction plans to buy bonds.
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Washington
Treasury
Defense Savings
Morgenthau
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
General Electric Company
Federal Reserve Board
Pepper challenges Wheeler to defend policy debate
Sen Claude Pepper of Florida challenged Sen Burton Wheeler of Montana to debate President Roosevelt's foreign policy. Pepper telegraphed Wheeler to meet in Helena on June 4 to discuss Is the President Right noting the war as Gettysburg of the Germany Britain conflict.
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Kansas City
U.P
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
Roosevelt
Claude Pepper
Fla
Germany
Great Britain
Pepper
Wheeler
Helena
Farmer Ernest Moore Revealed As Land Owner Since Father’s Death
Des Moines reports Ernest L. Moore, longtime tenant near Sheldahl, owned 10 acres for over 25 years after his father’s passing. He paid 4 dollars per acre rent on 10 acres, while renting 40 acres from his brother in 1912. The brother died in 1940, uncovering the ownership.
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Des Moines
Ernest L. Moore
Moore
Sheldahl
Ernest
Government ownership rises in Turkish railways to ninety-two percent
A Turkish transport report shows 92 percent of railway mileage now state controlled. The shift marks a major move in public ownership and could affect future rail operations and investment.
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Turkey
First US lend lease ship reaches British port with food cargo
The first ship under the lend lease program arrives in Britain carrying 1,000 tons of flour 4 000 000 eggs and 120 000 pounds of cheese United States official Averell Harriman escorts the cargo Lord Woolton the minister of food accepts it and jokes over cheese while dockers receive portions. A separate note says Colombia plans 32 sewage and 110 water works projects this year.
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London
United States
Averell Harriman
Britain
United States Agriculture Department
Lord Woolton
Woolton
Harriman
America
Wisconsin
Civic trust urged by shell dealers statewide
Western travel officials expect 15 percent more automobile tourists in the West this year and local Shell dealers urge readiness for the rush. Tucson businesses are asked to welcome visitors and maintain home-clean restrooms as they receive the White Cross of Cleanliness for pledge and standards.
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Shell
Acion
Tucson
Good Housekeeping Magazine
Irish Premier Tours Bombed Dublin Ruins After Deadly Raid
Premier Eamon De Valera toured bombed districts of Dublin inspecting ruins where 52 people died and about 200 were injured in last night's raid. An official tally listed 22 recovered bodies with 30 unaccounted for. U S Minister David Gray reported one bomb landed near the legation in Phoenix Park. authorities questioned whether the attack was intentional.
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Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Eire
U. S
David Gray
Legation
Phoenix Park
Gray
Mrs. Gray
Watt Funeral Set for Tomorrow in Nogales
Funeral services are planned in Nogales for Mrs. James C. Watt 80 who died Thursday after 32 years in Arizona. She leaves husband a son S C Watt of Mackville Montana and two brothers Dr Robert Campbell of Kentucky and Dr Joseph Campbell of Ontario Canada. She was born in Perth Ontario and moved to Clifton in 1909.
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Nogales
Ariz
James C. Watt
Arizona
S. C. Watt
Mackville
Mont
Robert Campbell
Kentucky
Joseph Campbell
Ontario
Canada
Watt
Perth
Clifton
British Casualties Hit 100000 Across War 21 Months
London May 31 British war casualties reached the 100000 mark for all three services in 21 months of war. About half are prisoners of war in Germany. Totals: army 74164 navy 15986 air force 10996. Hood loss not included in navy tally. Crete not listed.
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London
Germany
Greece
Crete
Hood
Bismarck
Air Force
Funeral held for fall victim Robert Perkins
Funeral services for Robert Perkins 51 died Thursday from a fall at East Helen street and Forgens avenue while working in construction. He was a Mt Calvary Baptist member and American Legion Charles Young Post. burial in Evergreen veterans plot. Survived by wife Daisey Perkins.
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Robert Perkins
East Helen Street
Forgens Avenue
Mt. Calvary Baptist Church
Evergreen Cemetery
James Armstrong
Marshal Hall
N. Roberts
Peter Rochon
M. C. Weeden
Charles Wilson
Perkins
Charles Young Post
American Legion
Daisey Perkins
Mystery Birthday Mix Up Delights Kansas City Guests
Seventeen young women gathered around a downtown restaurant birthday cake for Miss Rosalie Rouen. The guest of honor was missing until a colleague found her at the office, revealing she hadn’t been invited to the celebration.
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Kansas City
Rosalie Rouen
Miss Rouen
Watters Funeral Rites Held In Tucson
Funeral services for Howard Gregg Watters 54 were conducted at Arizona Mortuary with Rev C E Huntington officiating. Burial followed in Evergreen cemetery veterans plot. Watters born Pomona California came to Arizona twenty years ago and lived in Tucson ten years. He is survived by sister Mrs Alice Lynch of Tucson.
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Howard Gregg Watters
South Sixth Avenue
Arizona Mortuary
Rev
C. E. Huntington
St. Lukes-in-the-Desert
Evergreen Cemetery
Mr. Watters
Pomona
Calif
Arizona
Tucson
Alice Lynch
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Arnold Ramsay
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Ralph Arnett
Don Rush
Jim Carroll
Bob Donaldson
Ed Dillender
Wendell Honea
Murray Guthrie
Chas Mattingley
Baseball Awards
Charles Dyson
Jim Riegel
Edmuel Allen
Jack Clark
Conrad Montoya
Vern Tornberg
Deloris McMillin
June Phillips
Virginia Garrett
June McCracken
Geneva Lee
Carl Petersen
Jolly Ann Barcus
Billie Chester
Marjorie Haga
Eddie Germaine
Rosemary Thomas
James Riegel
Ray J. Bradshaw
Ned Russell
Naval Academy
Admiralty
Rodney
George V
Dorsetshire
AL Vaet
Rom
Yaa Bell Wnt
Nebraska
Colombia
CIVIC
S. M. Beaudry
Stone
Frank Bass
Fourth
J. A. Hook
Park
J. G. Vasey
E. Broadway
Tom Arnold
Pennington
H. P. Cardon
Park and Speedway
Gene Struve
Broadway
Wm. T. Murphree
H. G. Herman
Oracle Rd
E. Morrison Shell
France
Low Countries
Africa
Joiner Ee
THE
Arizona Daily Star
Watters
Pitts Jewelers Corner
Congress
Steinfelds
Steinfeld’s Service Grocery
Steinfeld
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